1936 United States gubernatorial elections

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1936, in 34 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election, on November 3, 1936 (September 14 in Maine).

1936 United States gubernatorial elections

November 3, 1936; September 14, 1936 (ME)
34 state governorships
Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Republican Last election 37 governorships 9 governorships Seats before 37 9 Seats after 38 7 Seat change 1 2   Third party Fourth party   Party Farmer–Labor Progressive Last election 1 governorship 1 governorship Seats before 1 1 Seats after 1 1 Seat change   Fifth party   Party Non-Partisan League Last election 0 governorships Seats before 0 Seats after 1 Seat change 1
Democratic gain      Democratic hold      Republican gain      Republican hold      Farmer–Labor hold      Progressive hold      Non-Partisan League gain

This was the last time Georgia elected its governors to two year terms, switching to four years from the 1938 election.

Results

State	Incumbent	Party	Status	Opposing Candidates
Arizona	Benjamin Baker Moeur	Democratic	Defeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victory	Rawghlie C. Stanford (Democratic) 70.68% Thomas Edward Campbell (Republican) 29.11% D. J. Lindaman (Socialist) 0.21% [1]
Arkansas	Junius Marion Futrell	Democratic	Retired, Democratic victory	Carl E. Bailey (Democratic) 84.89% Osro Cobb (Republican) 14.71% J. Russell Butler (Socialist) 0.40% [2]
Colorado	Edwin C. Johnson	Democratic	Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory	Teller Ammons (Democratic) 54.57% Charles McBride Armstrong (Republican) 43.65% Huston Hugh Marrs (Farmer Labor) 1.07% Paul S. McCormick (Socialist) 0.31% James Allander (Communist) 0.20% Claude C. Buhrman (National Union) 0.17% Harvey L. Mayfield (Royal Way) 0.04% [3]
Connecticut	Wilbur Lucius Cross	Democratic	Re-elected, 55.29%	Arthur M. Brown (Republican) 41.10% Jasper McLevy (Socialist) 3.11% Joseph Mackay (Socialist Labor) 0.32% Isadore Wofsy (Communist) 0.18% [4]
Delaware	C. Douglass Buck	Republican	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Richard McMullen (Democratic) 51.57% Harry L. Cannon (Republican) 41.60% Isaac Dolphus Short (Independent Republican) 6.62% Fred W. Whiteside (Socialist) 0.16% John T. Wlodkoski (Communist) 0.06% [5]
Florida	David Sholtz	Democratic	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Fred P. Cone (Democratic) 80.91% E. E. Callaway (Republican) 19.09% [6]
Georgia	Eugene Talmadge	Democratic	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Eurith D. Rivers (Democratic) 99.67% L. P. Glass (Prohibition) 0.33% [7] (Democratic primary results) Eurith D. Rivers 59.98% Charles D. Redwine 31.62% Blanton Fortson 8.40% [8]
Idaho	C. Ben Ross	Democratic	Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory	Barzilla W. Clark (Democratic) 57.19% Frank L. Stephen (Republican) 41.46% V. A. Verhei (Union) 1.35% [9]
Illinois	Henry Horner	Democratic	Re-elected, 53.13%	Charles W. Brooks (Republican) 43.24% William Hale Thompson (Union Progressive) 3.31% John Fisher (Socialist) 0.18% Harmon W. Reed (Prohibition) 0.07% O. Alfred Olson (Socialist Labor) 0.07% [10]
Indiana	Paul V. McNutt	Democratic	Term-limited, Democratic victory	M. Clifford Townsend (Democratic) 55.36% Raymond S. Springer (Republican) 44.33% Marie B. Tomsich (Socialist) 0.24% Wenzel Stocker (Communist) 0.07% [11]
Iowa	Clyde L. Herring	Democratic	Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory	Nelson G. Kraschel (Democratic) 48.56% George A. Wilson (Republican) 48.33% Wallace M. Short (Farmer Labor) 2.91% Ted Fitch (Prohibition) 0.11% J. P. Russell (Socialist) 0.09% [12]
Kansas	Alf Landon	Republican	Retired to run for U.S. President, Democratic victory	Walter A. Huxman (Democratic) 51.09% Will G. West (Republican) 48.52% George M. Whiteside (Socialist) 0.39% [13]
Maine (held, 14 September 1936)	Louis J. Brann	Democratic	Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory	Lewis O. Barrows (Republican) 56.03% F. Harold Dubord (Democratic) 42.08% Benjamin Calvin Bubar Sr. (Independent) 1.89% [14]
Massachusetts	James Michael Curley	Democratic	Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory	Charles F. Hurley (Democratic) 47.62% John W. Haigis (Republican) 46.08% William H. McMasters (Union) 3.76% Fred G. Bushold (Townsend Party) 1.30% Alfred B. Lewis (Socialist) 0.52% Otis Archer Hood (Communist) 0.33% Horace I. Hillis (Socialist Labor) 0.21% [15]
Michigan	Frank Fitzgerald	Republican	Defeated, 48.23%	Frank Murphy (Democratic) 51.02% John Monarch (Socialist) 0.38% Simeon P. Martin (Farmer Labor) 0.19% Philip Raymond (Communist) 0.12% Clayton O'Donohue (Socialist Labor) 0.03% Ray T. Fuller (Commonwealth) 0.03% [16]
Minnesota	Hjalmar Petersen	Farmer-Labor	Retired, Farmer-Labor victory	Elmer Austin Benson (Farmer-Labor) 60.74% Martin A. Nelson (Republican) 38.55% Earl Stewart (Industrial) 0.71% [17]
Missouri	Guy Brasfield Park	Democratic	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Lloyd C. Stark (Democratic) 57.06% Jesse W. Barrett (Republican) 42.53% Otto C. Botz (Independent) 0.23% George E. Duemler (Socialist) 0.15% Frank A. Williams (Communist) 0.02% William Wesley Cox (Socialist Labor) 0.02% [18]
Montana	Elmer Holt	Democratic	Defeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victory	Roy E. Ayers (Democratic) 50.96% Frank A. Hazelbaker (Republican) 48.10% P. J. Cavanaugh (Socialist) 0.41% Daniel Ryan (Union) 0.37% Arvo Fredrickson (Communist) 0.17% [19]
Nebraska	Robert Leroy Cochran	Democratic	Re-elected, 55.90%	Dwight Griswold (Republican) 43.14% Peter Mehrens (Independent) 0.96% [20]
New Hampshire	Styles Bridges	Republican	Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory	Francis P. Murphy (Republican) 56.60% Amos Blandin (Democratic) 42.63% Arthur J. Bergeron (Farmer Labor) 0.77% [21]
New Mexico	Clyde Tingley	Democratic	Re-elected, 57.21%	Jaffa Miller (Republican) 42.75% H. G. Rauert (Farmer Labor) 0.04% [22]
New York	Herbert H. Lehman	Democratic	Re-elected, 53.45%	William F. Bleakley (Republican) 44.09% Harry W. Laidler (Socialist) 1.73% Robert Minor (Communist) 0.73% [23]
North Carolina	John C. B. Ehringhaus	Democratic	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Clyde R. Hoey (Democratic) 66.69% Gilliam Grissom (Republican) 33.32% [24]
North Dakota	Walter Welford	Republican	Defeated, 34.70%	William Langer (Non-Partisan League) 35.80% John Moses (Democratic) 29.27% Pat J. Barrett (Communist) 0.12% L. J. Weh (Progressive) 0.11% [25]
Ohio	Martin L. Davey	Democratic	Re-elected, 52.02%	John W. Bricker (Republican) 47.74% Andrew R. Onda (Communist) 0.25% [26]
Rhode Island	Theodore F. Green	Democratic	Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory	Robert E. Quinn (Democratic) 53.66% Charles P. Sisson (Republican) 45.85% Charles F. Bishop (Socialist Labor) 0.33% James P. Reid (Communist) 0.16% [27]
South Dakota	Tom Berry	Democratic	Defeated, 48.40%	Leslie Jensen (Republican) 51.60% [28]
Tennessee	Hill McAlister	Democratic	Retired, Democratic victory	Gordon Browning (Democratic) 80.38% Pat H. Thach (Republican) 18.71% Kate Bradford Stockton (Independent) 0.92% [29]
Texas	James Allred	Democratic	Re-elected, 92.87%	C. O. Harris (Republican) 6.99% Carl Brannin (Socialist) 0.11% Homer Brooks (Communist) 0.03% [30]
Utah	Henry H. Blood	Democratic	Re-elected, 64.59%	Ray E. Dillman (Republican) 35.41% [31]
Vermont	Charles Manley Smith	Republican	Retired, Republican victory	George Aiken (Republican) 60.89% Alfred Harris Heininger (Democratic) 38.76% Fred Gardner (Communist) 0.34% Scattering 0.01% [32]
Washington	Clarence D. Martin	Democratic	Re-elected, 69.36%	Roland H. Hartley (Republican) 28.12% Ove M. Nelson (Union) 0.94% John F. McKay (Socialist) 0.63% William Morley Bouck (Farmer Labor) 0.30% Malcolm M. Moore (Christian) 0.29% Harold P. Brockway (Communist) 0.29% [33]
West Virginia	Herman G. Kump	Democratic	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Homer A. Holt (Democratic) 59.16% Summers H. Sharp (Republican) 40.84% [34]
Wisconsin	Philip La Follette	Progressive	Re-elected, 46.38%	Alexander Wiley (Republican) 29.42% Arthur W. Lueck (Democratic) 21.71% Joseph F. Walsh (Union) 2.26% Joseph Ehrhardt (Socialist Labor) 0.14% August F. Fehlandt (Prohibiton) 0.08% Scattering 0.02% [35]

See also

• United States elections, 1936
  • 1936 United States presidential election
  • United States Senate elections, 1936
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1936

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